The second day's gambling was more popular than the first day, and the story of someone exchanging fifty cents for five hundred taels of silver spread all over Weiyang City, which greatly stimulated people's desire to make a fortune, on this day, hundreds of thousands of Weiyang people flocked to the school field in the east of the city, everyone scrambled for lottery tickets, the crowd was surging, and the scene was extremely hot.

What a spectacular scene at this time, the entire streets and alleys near the east of the city were blocked by people rushing from all over Weiyang, the crowd was crowded, and the dense heads of people could not be seen at a glance, and the warm and spectacular scene was even more than watching the lanterns on the first night.

At this time, don't say that winning the lottery, even if you buy a lottery ticket, it is a kind of luck.

Fortunately, Wujin worked overtime to print 100,000 lottery tickets the day before, otherwise it would be unsustainable today, but despite this, at noon, 100,000 tickets were sold out.

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Shuyuan Street is still very quiet, the small river in front of it flows slowly, a few old people sit by the river to fish, from time to time there are scholars come to the store to buy pens, and walk lightly, lest they destroy this quiet atmosphere, the streets and alleys are full of a kind of quietness, a kind of peace, which is in stark contrast to the overflow of wealth in the east of the city.

At this moment, a carriage rushed at a high speed, and the rumbling of wheels broke the silence of College Street, and many people frowned and glanced disapprovingly at the untimely carriage.

The carriage came to an abrupt halt in front of the Burrow, and a sweaty Wujin jumped off the carriage.

"Wait for me in a moment!"

He gave an order to the carriage, pulled his feet and ran towards the store, and when he ran to the door of the store, he shouted, "Uncle Yan, are you there?" ”

There was no one in the bookstore, he shouted a few times, but a soft voice came from the attic upstairs, "My uncle has something to go out and wants to buy books, you can choose them first." ”

Wu Jin was stunned for a moment, that beautiful book sister was actually there, since the last time he saw it, he called that girl a book sister, but at this time he didn't have the heart to talk to a beautiful woman, the school was waiting for him to put out the fire!

"May I ask the girl, where is Uncle Yan? I'm in a hurry with him. ”

The girl came out of the attic, carrying a basket of books in her hand, she wore a pleated long skirt with white background and black edges today, the skirt waist was very high, and it was always tied to the chest, very similar to the skirt of the Korean people in later generations, wearing a short undergarment on the upper body, draped in gauze silk, she was more pretty and slender, her skin was snow-white, and under her long eyelashes was a quiet deep pool.

"Huh! It's you? ”

The girl recognized Wu Jin, she pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you for carrying the book for me that day." ”

The girl just heard him shouting outside, and she felt a little that this person was too ungentle, and he didn't cherish such a quiet atmosphere at all, but when he heard him say that there was something urgent, he was relieved, and people were in a hurry, of course, they wouldn't think too much.

She was also concerned in her heart, "If you wait a while, my uncle will come back soon." ”

"It's okay, I'll wait for him."

Wu Jin saw that the girl was carrying a basket of books, so he smiled, "I'll help you carry it!" ”

He grabbed the handrail and leaped up the stairs to take the basket from her.

"I'm really sorry to trouble you every time."

The girl was a little embarrassed and thanked her repeatedly.

Maybe it was because of the second time he saw her, Wu Jin didn't have the restraint of last time, he pointed to Xiao Cang and asked her with a smile: "Why do you have to go up there to find books every time, aren't there a lot of books on the shelves?" ”

"Nope! I only went there twice, and I ended up running into both times. ”

Seeing her smile sweetly, Wu Jin couldn't help but feel a little good for her in his heart, so he wanted to know more about her.

"Hmmm! I don't have a Weiyang accent, why did you come to Weiyang County? ”

No one had ever asked the girl this question—as straightforward as Wu Jin, even a bit of a cross-examination.

"Original..... The reasons are complex. ”

"What is the reason?" Wu Jin smiled: "I think I can listen to it." ”

After a long pause, the girl made a mistake and met Wu Jin's gaze staring at her, Wu Jin's frank, curious gaze made her dizzy for a while, she didn't think about it, she replied, "I had a quarrel with my father, and he married another stepmother." ”

"Oh! That sounds serious. ”

Wu Jin used his later thoughts, he understood the girl's heart at this time, "You don't like her, I mean that woman, your stepmother." ”

"What do you say?"

The girl sighed, sat down on the stairs, and said, "Actually, she is a nice person, and she is also gentle and kind, and I have known her for a long time....."

"Then why don't you live with her."

Wu Jin's exuberant curiosity interrupted her words, and his perceptive eyes stared at her intently, "Actually, you don't hate her, but you hate your father for betraying your mother, right!" ”

The girl was shocked, she didn't expect Wu Jin to see it so thoroughly, no one had ever understood her like this, but he spoke too sharply, that was her father! How could he, an outsider, comment on his betrayal, saying that his father betrayed her, she was slightly angry in her heart, but seeing Wu Jin's eyes full of concern, the anger in her heart calmed down slightly.

Then he stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'm leaving." ”

She reached for the basket, "I'll help you!" Wu Jin rushed to help her carry it.

"No, you don't! I can take it myself. ”

As soon as the two of them had such a slight argument, the book blue overturned, and seven or eight books fell down the stairs.

"Ahh I'm really sorry. ”

Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the book, it was a "Classic of Mountains and Seas", he picked up another one, but it was a "Sou Shen Ji", the girl also picked up a copy in her hand, but it was a "Liezi", and the other books were similar ghost and mythological books.

"Oh! It turns out that girls like to read mythological novels? ”

"I didn't like it before, but I like it recently."

The girl felt that she had said something she shouldn't have said today, and she said it deeply, how could the ** in the family tell this teenager, she regretted it a little in her heart, so she coped with it and said a word, and went down the stairs with Shulan.

"Thank you, Childe, I'm leaving."

"I'll get it for you!"

"No need, my maid is here."

Wu Jin looked up, only to see a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl running in outside, with clear eyes and beautiful eyebrows, quite smart.

"Miss, are you alright?"

"You dead girl, where did you go?"

"Hee-hee! Watch the white-bearded old man make a pen. ”

"Why don't you help me carry the book, it's so heavy."

The girl smiled and nodded to Wujin, and the two of them carried the book basket together and walked out the door.

"Miss, I heard that Dongcheng sells lottery tickets, let's take a look?"

"What's so nice about that kind of thing, besides, I don't like to be ...... lively"

The two gradually walked away, Wu Jin felt very surprised, I thought she still had a maid, it seems that she may be a young lady from a big family, although she went to the street to read books, but Wu Jin knew that this dynasty did not discriminate against and imprisoned women, and it was normal for a young lady from a large family to go on the street, in fact, his world was also the same, Tang Feng was open, and everyone could show up and walk through the streets and alleys, until later science imprisoned women, and after the small foot golden lotus wind rose, everyone was not allowed to go out, this dynasty does not seem to have a golden lotus, Yi Meier told him.

"Huh! Did Wu Jin meet Nine Days? Yan Yushu's voice came from behind him, and he walked in through the back door.

Wu Jin then remembered the lottery, he slapped his head, and hurriedly clasped his palms and begged, "Uncle Yan, I asked you for help." ”

Yan Yushu sat down and said lightly: "Do you want to print lottery tickets again?" ”

"Yes! I want to print another 100,000 copies and use them tomorrow. ”

Yan Yushu shook his head, "I'm sorry, I won't print it." ”

Wu Jin was stunned, "Why?" ”

"No, I don't want to print it, you can find someone else!"

"But... It's too late to find someone else. ”

Yan Yushu didn't speak, for a while, he sighed, "This is the only thing I regret in the past ten years, if I had known that it was used for gambling, even if you gave me gold and silver, I wouldn't have printed it, Wujin, I don't blame you, it's me who didn't tell you my principles, you go!" I've ruined the steel mold. ”

"I'm sorry!"

Wu Jin was gloomy, the steel mold had been ruined, and it was useless to say more, he was helpless, turned around and walked out of the bookstore, Yan Yushu looked at his back and shook his head, what a good young man, how could he be fascinated by money?

"Wu Jin, I want to come and read the book, I welcome!"

These were the last words Wu Jin heard, and the carriage walked away......

Back at the school grounds, the crowds were not as surging as they were in the morning, but there was still a steady stream of people coming.

"Childe!"

Lao Qi, the pawnshop's buddy, ran up anxiously, and he was in charge of keeping the lottery tickets.

"There are only 50,000 left, what should I do?"

Wu Jin thought about it, so he instructed him, "Leave 30,000 pieces to sell tomorrow, and sell another 20,000 pieces and end it today." ”

"But ......"

"No, do as I say!"

Wujin is in a very bad mood, it's not that Yan Yushu refuses to help him print lottery tickets, but he also feels that he has fallen into the eyes of money, a gentleman loves money, takes it in a good way, and does he do gambling and play fraud by himself, is it a good way?

"Hey! Seven, wait a minute. ”

Wu Jin remembered something, and stopped Lao Qi again, "What about my fifth uncle?" ”

"Your head of the family is here, talking to the fifth uncle backstage!"

"The head of the house?" Wu Jin was stunned, "Which family master?" Grandfather is still Huangfu Xu. ”

He walked briskly backstage.....

Before he reached the backstage, he heard the fifth uncle, Emperor Fugui, angrily asking: "Which one of the family members says that the clansmen are not allowed to make a living by themselves?" I didn't do anything illegal, let alone ruin the reputation of my family, this is my private matter, why do you care about me? ”

Wu Jin flashed and hid behind a wooden plank, the fifth uncle spoke in this tone, obviously the other party was the second uncle Huang Fu Xu, sure enough, he heard the second uncle's yin and yang strange voice: "You will close the pawnshop to do gambling, harming the interests of the family, the clan rules are very clear, the clan business is not allowed to use public fat for private purposes, you bring all the guys to help, isn't this fat private?" Besides, you ran a gambling business without the approval of the family and concealed it from me, so that it affected the relationship between our Huangfu family and the Huang family, but the family has to bear the consequences for you, and I, as the head of the family, have the right to stop you from harming the interests of the family. ”

"Humph! Harming the interests of the family, you are embarrassed to say, I don't know about the illegal things you did? ”

Huang Fu Xu's face suddenly became hideous, he grabbed Huang Fu Gui's shirt and stared at him viciously, "You..... Know what? ”

Huang Fugui looked at the face in front of him that was a little deformed due to excitement and fear, he suddenly became extremely calm, looked at his gaze, and said slowly: "Of course I know that what you do will kill our family!" ”

"The frog at the bottom of the well, nonsense!"

Wu Jin had already seen the head of the family, Huang Fu Xu, thin and tall, with his hands behind his back, his eyes were arrogant and gloomy, and he reprimanded Huang Fugui in a condescending tone.

"I only give you one choice now, either stop gambling immediately, or resign from the pawnshop shopkeeper, move out of the Huangfu Mansion, and sever the family relationship, that's all, you give me an answer now."

Huang Fugui has lived in the shadow of his second brother since he was a child, because he is a concubine, and his mother is the dowry maid of his wife, and his status is low......

Today, when he had just reached the turning point of his fate, this shadowy second brother appeared again, threatening to drive him out of the family, and the sense of shame in Huang Fugui's heart was suddenly magnified several times, he couldn't bear it anymore, his face was swollen red, he clenched his fists and shouted: "I'm not your minion, see your ghost!" ”

Huangfu Xu stared at him for a long time with a gloomy face, then suddenly snorted heavily, turned around and strode away......

Huangfu Gui was like a prostration, leaning weakly on the wooden board, hehe sneered, "Happy! It's a fucking pleasure! ”

Wu Jin walked up slowly, did not speak, and stood quietly in front of the fifth uncle, Huangfugui looked at him and smiled bitterly, "Do you think I'm not worth it?" ”

"Isn't the price of severing family ties too great?"

"Humph! He was afraid in his heart, so he wanted to drive me out of the family, but he did not have this power, and at most he did not allow me to participate in the clan sacrifice for three years, and I would rather not participate in the clan sacrifice than suffer from his humiliation again, after so many years, I have had enough. ”

"What did the fifth uncle mean by the illegal deeds just now?" Wu Jin asked.

"This ..... Don't ask, it's not good for you to know, this Huangfu Xu is so bold and reckless, one day, the Donghai Huangfu clan will be destroyed and killed in his hands. ”

Wu Jin has no feelings for the Huangfu family, except for caring about the eldest brother, it is the fifth uncle in front of him.

"Do you have any plans for the fifth uncle in the future?

"I want to talk to you about it too, come! We sat down and said. ”

Huangfu Guila Wujin sat down and smiled slightly, "I have a pen account in my heart!" This gambling, I can make at least 3,000 taels of silver, do you know how much money I have saved in the past 20 years? ”

Wu Jin shook his head, "I don't know! ”

"Tell you, a total of 1,000 and 50 taels of silver, 13 years as a second manager of the warehouse, 10 years as a pawnshop shopkeeper, and two sons, a total of only 1,000 taels of silver, last year in order to Zhong Yong into the county tax department, I gave a gift of 500 taels of silver, the family is small, and bought a house for my son, spent 200 taels, now I only have 350 taels left in my hands, I have long wanted to go alone, open a pawnshop by myself, but open a smallest pawnshop at least 5,000 taels of silver, can only be a dream, and now, only three days, My dream is about to come true, you say, what will I choose? ”

Wu Jin nodded silently, and asked him again, "What is the fifth uncle going to do?" ”

Huang Fugui thought for a while and said: "The cost of opening a pawnshop is not enough, I have thought about it, you can open a porcelain shop first, save for two or three years, and the capital will be about the same. ”

"How much does it cost Uncle Fifth to open the current pawnshop?"

"This.... At least 30,000 taels of silver, but 10,000 taels of silver can also be done first, but some big businesses can't be done. ”

Wu Jin suddenly smiled, "Then let's do it together!" I invested 7,000 taels of silver, and the pawnshop was all handed over to the fifth uncle to take care of, and we divided the profit by half. ”

Huangfu Gui was overjoyed, "Really? ”

"What did I do to lie to the fifth uncle?"

"That's great."

Huang Fugui suddenly lifted his spirits, his round body bounced up like a leather ball, and he took Wu Jin's hand and said excitedly: "Wu Jin, listen to me, I have been a pawnshop for ten years, I know the doorway here, I can do the business of maritime merchants, and it is absolutely profitable!" I can earn at least 1,000 taels of silver every month, and in less than a year, the capital will be recovered, and we can continue to invest, and in the second year, we can earn 1,500 taels of silver per month, and then in the third and fourth years...... Our Huangfu family just refuses to invest with profits, and has to take away profits every month, so it has not been big, if it is our own pawnshop, I am sure, within ten years, it can become the first brand of Donghai County. ”

Wu Jin was also a little moved, he knew that the essence of the pawnshop was a mortgage, seeking interest rates from the middle, this was the ancient financial industry, this is a very promising industry, and there is such a shrewd and capable person as the fifth uncle to take care of, it is difficult to make money or not, gambling is only his first pot of gold, he always wants to do legitimate business.

"Well, let's focus on making the gambling a success."

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